Popov would give up Champions League football for Baggies stay

The 27-year-old
joined the Baggies last month on a season-long loan deal from Dynamo Kiev, and
is set to battle Liam Ridgewell for a place in Steve Clarke’s starting eleven.
Albion have made an impressive start to the Premier League season, having
collecting seven points from three games to stand in third position as we enter
the first international break.

Popov has
yet to make his bow for the Hawthorns side yet as he settles into life in
England and builds up his fitness. But the defender, who has won 41
international caps for Macedonia, has already decided he wants to make his move
permanent, even though this would mean him giving up UEFA Champions League
football with his parent club.

"I hope after this one year I will sign for two or three
more," he told the Birmingham Post. "Dynamo usually finishes first or
second in Ukraine and as I have a three-year contract there I know - if I go
back - I'll be able to play Champions League football. But I will only have one
chance to come to England and I want to use it because I always dreamed of
it."